Articles about travel destinations and experiences.
February 14, 2011
The Northern California valley is lush and green, the sunset is rosy over the hills, and the vineyards stretch as far as the eye can see. We’re not far from Napa in miles but far from the crush of wine buyers and tasters and expensive boutique hotels that accompany it. It’s a bucolic view ...
February 14, 2011
A long time ago and far away I had a romantic honeymoon in Cabo San Lucas. I also toured the museums of Mexico City, walked rugged Mayan ruins, and solved any lack of purified water with a margarita. In others, Mexico, and a trip to the Yucatan Peninsula not far from Cancun, was not the ...
January 19, 2011
The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus has a long and illustrious history. It actually began as three circuses: “P.T. Barnum’s Great Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan, and Hippodrome,” the Cooper and Bailey Circus, and the Ringling Brothers Circus. Barnum and Bailey merged their shows in 1881. Following Barnum’s death in 1891, Bailey purchased the ...
January 17, 2011
The Florida RV SuperShow is held each January at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa. Sponsored by the Florida RV Trade Association, the show is the largest anywhere in the United States. This year was the 25th anniversary of the show, and the dates were January 12 through January 16. This was our second year ...
January 9, 2011
This is my year-end post chronicling all the places I visited in 2010 – The list of memorable places where I left my footprints in 2010: 1. Callaway Gardens, GA 2. Niagara Falls Family Trip 3. Disney World Orlando Florida 4. Amicalola Falls State Park, GA A beautiful, sunny July Saturday found us on a drive ...
January 9, 2011
Chennai, India Chennai Chennai, India is the city I called home for many years before moving to the United States. Early last summer, I went on a 2.5 month-long vacation to visit my parents, in-laws and extended family and had a wonderfully relaxing time. There’s something about going back home that no other trip or ...
December 29, 2010
What a fun time at Tanaka Farms! In mid October a few of us moms (and a few dads) all met up at Tanaka Farms at 5380 3/4 University Dr., Irvine in Orange County, CA for a little pumpkin patch fun. It was my son, Christian’s birthday, so we thought he’d love to do something ...
December 29, 2010
Located about a 50 minute drive from Carlsbad, the San Diego Zoo Safari Park (previously called the San Diego Zoo’s Wild Animal Park) is a family favorite. The park is located at 15500 San Pasqual Valley Road, Escondido, California 92027 (www.sandiegozoo.org/park). With so many wild animals to see in a preserved replica of their own natural ...
December 22, 2010
There are few things in the world that Angelenos love as much as their Starbucks, their cellphones, and their celebrities. Cars are one of those things. As anyone who has ever spent any amount of time living in the City of Angels can tell you, Los Angeles residents are probably so passionate about their vehicles because they ...
December 15, 2010
I grew up outside Orlando, Florida, best known for its theme parks, amusement parks and family attractions. I never thought that I could find a town that was more of a tourist trap than Orlando. Over Christmas 2009, we decided to take an RV tour of the Southeast. One of our stops was Gatlinburg, Tennessee, ...
